Carrier



a, o Another oiojootV of the invnntion is tonfocured7 as shown at 9, so that the carrier mayA 39 from and thereby indicate the number of ah lhollho as shoWh lh lllguls 5- Dullhg "l Patented seni. 27, iosa y LSQJBB LOUIS W. HASSENSALL, OF TOLEDO? OHIO CARRIER Application led October 9, 1929. Serial No. 398,545.

This inventionrelates to special receptaview taken through a corner portion of the cles and more particularly to a carrier adapthousing and one of the supporting legs, ed to hold packages containing frozen car- .Fig 6 is ,an enlarged view in elevation of bonic acid gas and by means of whichV the one of the lugs to which` the supporting legs 5 packages may be easily transported from one are connected, and 55 place to another. Fig. is an enlarged view looking at the One object of the invention is to'provide a outer ace'of one of the caps equipped with carrier so constructed that a relatively large a dial to indicate the number of iilled connuinber of packages of frozen carbonio acid tainers in a tube. i Y gas may be stored in the carrier for transpor- The improved carrier is intended for `use tation from one place to another and further in transporting packages l containing frozen to so constructthe carrier that packing of carbonio acid gas from a place of manufacheat insulating material will be disposed ture to places where the gas is to berused in about and between the packages of gas and water coolers or for any other purpose def thereby reduceV waste due to evaporation of Sired, and from an inspection of Figures l e the gas to a minimum. Y and t it will be seen that the packages are Another lobject of the invention is to prostored in tubes 2 which entend longitudivide a carrier of this type including a hous- Bally through a housing 3 With hoh" @uds 1`o ing having tubes mounted therein to receive ,Colvod lh allhsd opslllllgs llomefl lll the and the packages of Carboni@ acid gas and 'S0 wallstof the housing. The housing may be a arranged that an empty Container may be of wood o r any other material desired and is thrust into one end 0f a tube-and by so doing formed with the end wallsl through which force a lled container from the other end of tho @hols of tho tubos Project, sld@ Walls 5a a the tube, Y bottom 6 and top 7 to which a handle 8 is sevide the tubes with removable closures for ho saslly llftod- Posts l0 alo PloVlCloCl aff-tho their ends, a closure at one end of each'tube Couols of the housing and tho bottom aud being equipped with a dial adapted to' be set loWel' olll Poltlolls 0l the Posts are bored lo f whenever a filled container is removed thereform soolols ll Whloh extend upwaflly at filled Containers in nach tube. Y construction of the body, a packing l2 of Another object of the invention is to pros heat lhsulatlhg malollal ls Placed tllslslll Vido tho Condol- Wth improved supporting closely about and between the tubes in. order legs by means 0f which it may be Supported to shield the packages of frozen carbonio acid 35- in a convenient position for use and allow gas and Prevent ralolcl sVaPOlatlOll of the gas Q5 the legs to be `disconnected from the housing and When alle Packages 0l gas aalalacscl lll or body portion of tho Carrier and Stored the tubes disks 13 also formed or insulating under the Same when not in uso o material are placed between the packages and im The invention is illustrated in the accomm titepenlls of.leubeslheleol th o panying drawings, wherein Paclees o @tas 71H1 e We 11H75 tadec Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view fag evaaom lOIl o lo? gapl-eln ey l e. through the improved carrier l tu es an o remam S a lonaly m le lOl-wing was o b tt l f t1 and `in order to prevent them from sliding 1b' 1S .a O om la an VIEW o -19 1m` longitudinally, there has been provided rings Pl'ofel Ca'lflel'v or collars 14 which are fixed upon the tubes F121 3 1s a lFag1uoutal`F/- soolollal VleW near their vends and bear against the inner llaloh oh'tho lllls 0f Flgl, faces of the end Walls t about the openings Flg- 4 1S 2l VloWvlIl oud eloVilou ShoWIlg in these walls through which the tubes* pro-V he carrier supported in position for use,` ject. The projecting outer ends of the tubes Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional are formed with threads which may be continuous or interrupted, as shown in Figure l, and in order to close the ends of the tubes, threaded caps l5 are provided which engage he threads of the tubes. Vhe efe-re, the caps may be very easily applied or removed and whenin place they will prevent the containers or packages 1 and disks V18 from moving longitudinally through the tubes. it should be noted that the outer portions of the openings through which the tubes project are enlarged in diameter 'thereby allowing the caps to be easily applied with portions extending partially through the end walls tight closure will be formed. lf so desired, gaskets may be set into the enlarged outerend portions of the openings about 'the tubes for engagement by the edges of the caps when in place. ln order to permit the person carrying the device to ascertain how many filled containerskor packages are in each tube, the caps at one end of the housing are equippef with pointers 16. One of these pointers is applied to each cap at the said end of the housing, and by referring to Figures 1 and 7 it will be seen that each pointer is rotatably mounted by means of a pin 17 sothat it may be swung about the pin and extend towards a desired numeral provided upon the cap. Projections 18 are providedupon the cap over which the pointer must be forced in order to move from one numeral to another and, therefore, there will be no danger of the pointer accidentally swinging about its pivot pin to the wrong numeral. By this arrangement an operator after removing an empty container from a water cooler and removing the caps from the ends of one tube can place the empty container againstY the insulating disk at one end of the 'tube and thrust the container into the tube. ln doing so a filled container and the insulatingdisk at the other end of the tube willbe forced. outwardly. The insulatingdisk will be placed in the tube against the empty container or package and the caps then replaced. Thepointer carried by one lof the caps will be moved to indicate one less filled containerA in the tube either before or after the cap carrying the same is setin place. It will be obvious that the empty containers will always be thrust into the tubes from the same end and, therefore,

whenever an empty container is thrust intoA a tube, a filled container willr be projected from its other end. lt will, therefore, be seen that the carrier for the packages'of frozen carbonio acid gas is so constructed that a large number of packages may bevcasily transported from one place to another and filled packages or containers moved out of the tubes as empty containers are thrust into the same. y 1

fIn order to support the housing in an elevated position so that'empty vcontainers may be easily thrust into the tubes and filled containers removed therefrom, there has been TDi so that aV companion threads on fittings 21 secured at l the corners of the bottom 6 beneath the lower ends of the posts 10. From an inspection of Figures 5 and 6, it will be seen that the kattaching portion 22 of each fitting is of a wedge-shape formation and tapers towards a corner of the housing. The upper faces of the attaching portions extend parallel to the under face of the bottom 6 and, therefore, the Shanks 23 of thettings are disposed at an incline. Each fitting is bored axially of its shank and since the bores of the fittings register with the sockets 11 pins 24 carried by the legs may pass through the fittings andinto Ythe sockets of the posts when the legs are applied. Therefore, the legs may be securely but. releasably fixed to the housing and when1in place the legs will extend in diverging relation to each other, as shown in Figure 4, andserve to firmly support the housing without danger of the housing easily turning over. Pads 25 formed of rubber 0r other suitable material are Vpreferably applied to the lower ends of the legs to prevent them from .slipping or marring a highly polished floor.

When the carrier is being transported from one place to another, the legs are stored against its bottom, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, with their lower ends engaged in seats or pockets 26 formed ina strip 27 extending transversely of the bottom adjacent one end thereof. The pins24qat the upper ends of the legs are received in seats or grooves 28 formed in a strip 29 secured against the bottom adjacent its other end, and in order to retain the legs in place, there `has been provided a series of resilient clips 30 formed from a strip of sheet metal bent, as shown in Figure 3. By referring to this gure, it will be seen that, whenthe supporting legs are engaged. in the seats 26 and moved toward the bottom of the housing to engage the pins in the seats 28, the legs will be engaged between the arms of the clips and retained in place against the bottom of the receptacles but atthe same time allowed to be easily released when they are tobe used. Individual clips may be employed in place of a series vof clips if so desired. When the devieeis` being transported from one place to another'and is set down upon a pavement which may be wet, it is desired to prevent the carrier and Vlegs from becoming soiled by Contact with the pavement, and in order to do so, pads 31'are provided carried by the strips 27 and 29 and similar pads 32 project from the end walls in order to allow the housing to be set on end at the place of production and the tubes easily filled with packages of frozen carbonic acid gas without the caps becoming bent or soiled. ln order to more securely retain the legs in engagement with the bottom of the housing, there has been provided a yoke 33 consisting of light rod metal or thick wire. This yoke is formed with cross bars 34 and 35 and end bars 36 which are extended and bent back upon themselves to form arms 3'?. The cross bar 34 is rotatably engaged in bearings 38 carried by the strip 29 to pivotally mount Y the yoke and the cross bar 35 is spaced from the cross bar 34 at such a distance that when the yoke is swung to the position shown in Figures l and 2 the cross bar 35 will bear against the pins 24 between the strip 29 and ends of the sleeves 20. A clip 39 is provided to engage the cross bar 35 and releasably retain the yoke in a leg securing position and a similar clip 40 is provided between the strip 29 and adjacent end of the bottom to engage they cross bar'35 when the yoke is swung outwardly to an extended position, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure l. When the yoke is in its extended position, it will not only be held out of the way but will also provide arms which project from an end of the housing and may rest upon a floor in order to tilt the housing and prevent the legs applied at this end from being bent or broken while the supporting legs at the other end of the housing are being set in place. I have thus provided a carrier by means of which packages of frozen carbonio acid gas may be easily transported from one place to another and have further provided the carrier with legs which may be easily and quickly set in place to support the carrier in an elevated position and may be removed and stored against the bottom of the carrier where they will be out of the way.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a housing having opposed walls formed with openings, tubes extending through said housing with their ends received in said openings, packing of heat insulating material in said housing about said tubes, discs of heat insulating materialvto fit snugly in said tubes between containers dis posed therein, and removabln closures for the ends of said tubes.

2. A device of the character described comprising a housing having opposed walls formed with openings, tubes extending through said housing with their ends received in said openings whereby containers may be thrust into one end of a tube and other containers forced out of the other end of the tube by containers thrust into its irst-men tioned end, collars about said tubes spaced from the ends thereof and bearing against ings beingot increased diameter, and caps removably engaged about the endsof said tubes and extending into the enlarged outer end portions of said openings.

4. A device of the character described comprising a. housing having opposed walls formed Vwith openings, tubes extending through said housing with their ends received in said openings whereby containers may be thrust into one end of a tube and other containers forced out of the other end of the tube by containers thrust into its iirst-men tioned end, the outer portions of the openings being of increased diameter, and caps removably engaged about the ends of said tubes and extending into the enlarged outer end portions of said openings, the caps and ends of the tubes being formed with interengaging threads.

in testimony whereof l aix my signature.

Louis w. HAssnNsinL.

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